Start Saving your Milk Jugs

With less than two months to the Chili Cook-off I want to offer a bit of advice to newcomers…start saving your milk jugs now!

You might be asking yourself…why would we want to do that?  Elementary my future chili-heads, you are heading to the desert where water is scarce and they do not exaggerate when they call it “liquid gold”.

You are probably saying…I am a seasoned camper, I know to take water.  Yes, a lot of people take five gallon jugs, I take a six gallon container some even take 32 gallon barrels but you need to empty your containers on to something and gallon milk jugs are manageable.

If you leave them outside your tent or camper they will be nice and hot, weather permitting, by lunch time and you can take a nice shower or wash your dishes and greasy pots without having to use your propane.

Another benefit is that once the cook-off is history and you no longer need or want the extra weight of the water you brought down, you can gift your water to the locals who very much appreciate it.

You don’t know how many times I have seen people just empty their fresh water tanks onto the ground because even though there were people willing to take the water they had no containers on hand to pour it into.

So start saving them and bring them with you.  If you do not have room in your vehicle to do so, just bring the plastic tops…you have no idea how many tops get lost out there.  If you can also bring a funnel, less water will be lost due to spillage.

If you are thinking about going but do not have anyone to go with, go by yourself!  People are friendly and we love to show virgins a good time.  Hope to see you there.

Good night.  May you all have Terlingua Dreams.